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The Art of Mirrors

The Art of Mirrors

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1973

Runtime

0h 6m

User Score

59%

Original Title

The Art of Mirrors

Production Companies

Raro Video

Director

Derek Jarman

Description

The film, shot in super 8 features figures moving in the foreground and background of an empty space holding mirrors which occasionally flash in the lens of the camera. The images portrayed in the film are reminiscent of Jarman's Abstract Landscape paintings of the same period. In his diary Jarman wrote of this film, 'this is only something that could only be done on a Super 8 camera, with it's built in meters and effects.' The film's title was reworked in the script for 'Dr Dee The Art Of Mirrors and The Summoning Of Angels' in 1975.